Research institutes

The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research was established in June 1982 to assist and encourage Australia's agricultural scientists to use their skills for the benefit of developing countries, and at the same time work to resolve Australia's own agricultural problems.

The Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI) is an independent nonprofit body that aims to enhance research and technology development capabilities in support of conservation and management of forest resources in the regions.

CSIRO Tropical Forest Research Centre, Australia

Centre for Forest Tree Technology in Victoria, Australia

European Forest Institute

The European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) is a forum for communication between European organisations, researchers, EU institutions and others concerned with subtropical forest research. The ETFRN Network seeks to promote the involvement of European research expertise in conservation and wise use of forest and woodland in tropical and subtropical countries.

Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)

The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is an autonomous, nonprofit research institute that aims to improve human welfare by alleviating poverty, improving food and nutritional security, and enhancing environmental resilience in the tropics. ICRAF conducts partnership with national agricultural research systems for more sustainable and productive land use.

The International Development Research Centre is a public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research.

The International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) research program was initiated in 1992 at Indiana University to determine how to change processes leading to deforestation in many countries of the world, assess what type of institutions are associated with sustainable forest practices and help policy makers and forest users to design more effective forest policies.

The International Union of Forestry Research Organisations (IUFRO) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental international network of forest scientists. Its objectives are to promote international cooperation in forestry and forest products research.

The Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) was established under the Science and Technology policy adopted by the Government of Kerala, India, as an autonomous institution to undertake research in areas such as forestry and biodiversity.

Resources for the Future is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organisation based in Washington, DC, that conducts independent research on environmental and natural resource issues, rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences.

The Tropenbos Foundation of the Netherlands aims to contribute effectively to the conservation and wise use of tropical rainforests, involve local research institutions and strengthen research capacity in tropical forest countries.

The mission of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the United Kingdom is to enable better management of the Earth's environment by increasing knowledge and understanding of the plant and fungal kingdoms. The Center for Economic Botany is a focal point for Garden research into useful and potentially useful plants.